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RANCHI: Congress today said it will join the new Jharkhand government to be formed under the leadership of JMM leader Hemant Soren. "On the advice of our national leadership, PCC President Sukdhdeo Bhagat announced that Congress Legislature Party leader Rajendra Prasad Singh would take oath as a minister in the event of Governor Syed Ahmed inviting JMM leader Hemant Soren to take oath as the chief minister tomorrow," PCC spokesman...

RANCHI: BJP's Dinesh Oraon got the backing of parties of all hues to be elected unanimously as the Speaker of Jharkhand Assembly today. Protem Speaker Stephen Marandi announced the election of Oraon, who was the only one to have filed nomination yesterday, as unanimous. Oraon was escorted to the chair by Chief Minister Raghuvar Das and his predecessor and JMM leader Hemant Soren. "The way you rose above party lines keeping faith and hope, I realize the importance and responsibility (of the office)

NEW DELHI: After receiving a letter from JMM leader Hemant Soren expressing willingness to back a BJP-led government in Jharkhand , BJP Parliamentary Board today decided to withhold its move to withdraw support to the Shibu Soren Ministry and is reportedly exploring ways of government formation there. In a hurriedly convened Parliamentary Board meeting, BJP decided to explore the option of forming a government in Jharkhand, party sources said.

PATNA: RJD today hit out at rival JD(U) for voting against Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand along with BJP and said the episode proved Chief Minister Nitish Kumar still has relations with estranged NDA partner. The two MLAs of JD(U) which claims itself as secular voted against Hemant Soren government along with BJP, RJD Bihar President Ramchandra Purbe told reporters. "The two JD(U) MLAs have opposed confidence motion on instruction of Nitish Kumar and this proves Kumar still enjoy relationship with BJP," Purbe accompanied by state party vice president Ashok Kumar Singh and chief whip Samrat Chaudhary said.

NEW DELHI: Tribal leader and MP Sudarshan Bhagat is the only face in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers from Jharkhand, where BJP won 12 of the 14 Lok Sabha seats. The MP from Lohardaga constituency, who took oath as Minister of State today, is closely associated with RSS and will head a portfolio for the first time. Before this, the lone representation in the Congress-led UPA-II government was Subodh Kant Sahay who had quit in October 2012 days after a row over the coal block allocation.

RANCHI: The Jharkhand government will grant Rs one lakh to villages which will become alcohol-free, the state Assembly was informed today. To end the curse of liquor in the state, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said those villages becoming alcohol-free would be given the grant and women groups would take the initiative. JMM MLA and former minister Champai Soren called for a ban on opening new liquor shops in villages in the scheduled areas. Responding to the concern expressed by Leader of Opposition and JMM vice president Hemant Soren on atrocities on women, the Chief Minister said the 2015-16 budget has earmarked funds to uplift the conditions of women.

NEW DELHI: The BJP, which had directed its MLAs in Jharkhand assembly to abstain from voting during the election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat from the state following the uproar over the nod given to controversial NRI businessman Anshuman Mishra to enter the fray as party candidate, may be undertaking a somersault in the face of a sustained pressure from its ally, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. The JMM, which, like the BJP, has 18 MLAs in the 81-member assembly, has fielded Sanjeev Kumar , a Supreme Court lawyer considered close to party founder Shibu Soren , better known as Guruji.

RANCHI: Jharkhand Cabinet on Tuesday decided to recommend dissolution of the state assembly to prevent any "horse trading-like situation", a day after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha withdrew its support to the BJP-led government. "Seven ministers (of the coalition government) were present during the Cabinet meeting, and it has decided to recommend dissolution of the state assembly," Chief Minister Arjun Munda told PTI here. He said the decision was taken as no national party had openly come forward to provide an alternative government in the wake of the JMM's announcement to pull out of the government.

RANCHI: In the backdrop of conflicting claims about an accord on rotational leadership of the coalition, JMM today decided to withdraw support to the Arjun Munda-led BJP government in Jharkhand, pushing it to a minority and threatening its survival. JMM leader and Deputy Chief Minister Hemant Soren said the decision was "unanimous" and was taken after talking to several BJP leaders, including its Jharkhand affairs in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan. "After a series of meetings, JMM has decided to withdraw support to the (BJP-led)

NEW DELHI: Peeved over JMM's refusal to honour its commitment of handing over the chief ministerial chair, BJP was on Tuesday contemplating withdrawal of support to the Shibu Soren government in Jharkhand by Thursday. The Jharkhand chief minister, who continues to cling to his parliamentary seat of Dumka as he has been unable so far to zero in on a safe assembly seat, had voted against the Opposition-sponsored cut-motions in the Lok Sabha on April 27. Consequently, BJP, which is a vital component of the coalition government in Jharkhand, announced its decision to withdraw support to the Soren government.